What Makes a President Powerful??

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Great Man Theory?

Some people have certain personality traits, ways of seeing the world that makes them particularly good at being the president

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When have we had one powerful president after another?

Beginning of the 1900s

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trait?

People who want to be president

  • Washington/Garfield didn’t want to be president

  • Now people want to be president

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Economics?

How has our economy changed? After FDR, we want government to regulate the economy

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People/Citizens?

Build popularity among the people, president have more communication with their citizens

The more citizens support them, the more powerful they are?

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The Imperial Presidency?

Book by Arthur Schlesinger. States that in times of crisis, Americans look for a “father figure”

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Example of Crisis in the 1900s?

WW1, The Great Depression, WW2, The Cold War (West vs East Europe, Proxy wars (Vietnam/Korea), Nukes, Mutually Assured Destruction), 9/11, Crisis of What is True (Alternative Facts)